The central limit theorem tells us that:
A)sampling distributions based on small samples approximate a normal distribution.
B)the chi-square statistic can be used only with ratio-level variables.
C)sampling distributions based on large samples approximate a normal distribution.
D)inferential statistics are almost always preferred to descriptive statistics.

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The central limit theorem states that the sampling distribution of the sample mean will approximate a normal distribution as the sample size becomes large, regardless of the shape of the population distribution.

The Central Limit Theorem Tells Us That